Pickled fruit adds a lighter, more refreshing feel to desserts, such as in this sweet-sour chocolate and pear tart I’ve never been someone who reaches for the conventional, and that goes for my choice ...

Preheat oven to 160°C. Grease a 6 x 6 cm muffin tray. Melt the chocolate in a double boiler. Add the softened butter and stir until smooth. Set aside to cool. Combine the sugar with the almond meal in ...

Chestnuts were once a staple of the Italian diet - ground into flour to make bread - and festivals still commemorate their role in sustaining country folk during lean times. Here, they lend a nutty ...

Hearty herby butter beans and a frangipane tart add fragrance to an autumn day A quiet autumn afternoon with fig leaves falling outside the kitchen window and, far away, the scent of a neighbour’s ...

The “Great British Baking Show,” which returns for a new season this fall, is known for its themed episodes such as “Pastry Week.” As you host that watching party — or just enjoy it on your own — you ...

Frangipane, a mixture of ground nuts, butter, sugar and egg, is typically the base of fruit tarts, but here a hazelnut version encapsulates chocolate chunks for a tart that tastes like a rich ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Mackay. Followed categories will be added to My News. METHOD: Pre-heat fan-forced oven to 180 degrees. Lay pastry on a lightly greased 20cm tart tin and gently ...

Method In a food processor, blitz the hazelnuts until ground, then add the remaining pastry ingredients – flour, butter, sugar and egg – and pulse until it just comes together. Tip onto a clean ...

The inclusion of zesty fragipane cream is the key to this recipe Credit: Photo: Simon Wheeler My mother used to make marzipan and almond cakes and desserts, and I claimed to have a typical childhood ...